<font face="georgia" size="4"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: georgia; font-size: 14pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">I had a 17 year old rack of 80 watt Shell modules fail. They were in 4 module series strings and each string had 1 or 2 modules fail taking out the entire array.<br /><br />Todd<br /><br /><br /></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: georgia; font-size: 14pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">On Wednesday, July 15, 2026 10:47am, "Ray Walters via RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> said:<br /><br /></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: georgia; font-size: 14pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">> Greetings Fellow Installers;<br />> <br />> I have an old system with 24 Shell SP 140 modules from the mid 2000s<br />> that are at 30% rated output. I have 2 questions:<br />> 1) Has anyone else seen failures of the Shell modules? They do not<br />> appear to otherwise have any visible issues. I have even older Arco and<br />> Siemens modules that look terrible, but are still at 80% or better output.<br />> <br />> 2) I know that Solarworld bought Shell Solar, and that they are now also<br />> out of business, is there any warranty still available, or was the 25<br />> year warranty just blowing smoke?<br />> <br />> Thanks in advance for your replies,<br />> <br />> Ray Walters<br />> Remote Solar<br />> <br />> <br />> _______________________________________________<br />> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance<br />> <br />> Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org<br />> <br />> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br />> <br />> Change listserver email address & settings:<br />> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org<br />> <br />> There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other:<br />> https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/<br />> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org<br />> <br />> List rules & etiquette:<br />> http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm<br />> <br />> Check out or update participant bios:<br />> http://www.members.re-wrenches.org<br />> <br />> </p>
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